The cannabis movement has come a long way since 1994, the year of my initiation into the “cannabis culture”, when I founded Toronto Hemp Company (THC). I began humbly at the age of 20 while finishing a torturous stint at the University of Toronto and sharing an apartment with an old high-school friend. One day he showed me an Internet announcement by – and correspondence with – Marc Emery, then owner of a “revolutionary retail” Vancouver store called HEMP BC.

This man served 10 years in jail for selling gardening supplies, and his older brother died in prison. Is the War on Drugs worth this?

During the 1960s, the U.S. Army tested a potent form of synthetic marijuana on soldiers to develop a secret weapon. Meet the man who ran the program.

Although impossible to have a toxic overdose of cannabis, it is quite possible to consume more than necessary. When you smoke too much marijuana or eat too much pot food, you may have symptoms of ataxia/dizziness, sweating, nausea, vomiting, possible crying, and sometimes a sensation of dying. But don’t be concerned; ingesting too much cannabis is not fatal or injurious to any organs. The best antidote is to crawl in bed, turn off the lights and go to sleep; all will be normal in the morning.